Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 35 (3) 2008

Annotation:  Sergeyevka-1: Neolithic Site in the Khanka Plain, and the Typology of Middle Neolithic Sites in Pri Cultural Change during the Late Prehistoric Period in Southern Primorye (Based on Archaeological Ev Formation of the Eurasian “Steppe Belt” of Stockbreeding Cultures: Viewed through the Prism of Arch Stages in the Settlement History of Chicha-1: The Results of Ceramic Analysis New Early Iron Age Culture in the Southern Taiga Zone of Central Siberia Prospects for Correlating Radiocarbon and Archaeological Chronologies of the Scythian and Hunno- Sa The Role of Migration in the Evolution of the Andronov Community The Bear Image in Western Siberian Art of the 2nd Millennium BC and its Relevance for Delimiting the Ethnic and Cultural Functions of Name in Traditional Japanese Society G.I. Choros-Gurkin’s Archaeological and Ethnographic Drawings at the National Museum of the Altai R Eco-museums in Siberia as Centers for Ethnic and Cultural Heritage Preservation in the Natural Envi Cranial Characteristics of the Saka Populations of the Eastern Pamirs   

Sergeyevka-1: Neolithic Site in the Khanka Plain, and the Typology of Middle Neolithic Sites in Primorye

S.V. Batarshev and A.N. Popov.

Recent archaeological studies in Primorye (Maritime Territory) have lead to the discovery of a number of sites attributed to the Middle Neolithic Rudnaya culture (7.5 – 6.0 ka BP). Based on fi nds from Sergeyevka-1, the authors periodize the Rudnaya culture. The early Rudnaya stage dates to 7.5 – 7.0 ka BP and the late Sergeyevka stage to 7 – 6 ka BP; both are named after eponymous sites: Rudnaya Pristan in eastern Primorye, and Sergeyevka-1 in western Primorye. Differences in stages are refl ected in ceramics and to a lesser extent, stone tools; dwelling types are common to both the early and late stages.